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The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
POULTRY PARAGRAPHS,

Do not make the mistake OF choosing
nothing but the largest fowls for sitters.
Medium-sized hens ere, as rule, better for
this purpose, is they are not deficient in
feathers.
There is less danger of hens leaving their
eggs if they are always set in the evening.
They are much more apt to stock" Be
very careful about disturbing them for the
first two or three days.
Many poultry raisers fall into the too
common error Of using for breeding stock
ordinary or even poor fowls. No one can
ever hope to produce anything but very
ordinary or inferior stock from such
method. Use only the best for breeding.
The result will be none too good then.
A man having ears, nose, fingers and
toes all frozen would not be expected, by
an ordinary community, to continue his
usefulness for some considerable time.
Those who are now suffering from lack Of
thoughtfulness in not providing comforta-
BILE winter shelter for their fowls must not
expect those that are badly frost bitten to
continue the laying process as If nothing
had happened.
The best month in the year for bringing
out CHECKERS in the Northern States is
April. and next, in point of desirability,
come March and May. Very little should
be done in that line in June, and nothing
whatever during July. During the last
week in August, and from then on to the
Goth of Septem Der, few chickens-pullets
for laying the next season during the time
when the other fowls are moulting-may
be raised with profit.
Tobacco, in its raw state, or previous to
sweating in bulk, is very powerful in its
effect, and will certainly drive vermin
from the hens nest The whole leaves
may be thoroughly dried so as to crumble
easily, and put in the nest of the sitting
hen as lining under the eggs. With this
precaution she will not be driven from her
nest by vermin before the time of hatcning
arrives. Tobacco is often enormously SID
posed to be difficult to cultivate, but it is
really as easily raised as corn or potatoes.
A few plants only will give the poulterer
plenty of leaves for use in his fowl-house.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

Never have sink under window if you
can avoid it.
Keep lemons IN a jar of water, 70 be re-
newed every few days.
Moisture is the greatest enemy of the
piano, and it can not be too carefully
guarded against.
Hard soap should be kept in dry place
several weeks before using. 1t will last
much longer.
Never have dark furniture for the kitch-
en- il shows dust much more than light
and requires double the care.
Do not use cracked dishes; they absorb
oils or fats from different kinds of food
which renders them IN wholesome.
Ingram carpets need to be shaken often
er than Brussels, as from their more open
weave the dust percolates through them.
Orange Pie.-Take the Juice aud pulp
OF two large sour oranges and the grated
rind of one, cup of sugar, one egg, cof
fee cup of water and two spooufols of rice
flour; mix these ingredients and bake with
two crusts, making the paste very rich.
Lemon Pie-Express the Juice from
two lemons, then chop the peel and pulp
fine, after removing the seeds; beat an egg
we'll, and two thirds of a cup OF -four
stirred into three cups OF water, two and
one-half cups OF sugar; mix ali together,
ard fill three pies. Bake with two crusts.
Lemon Cheese Cakes.-Put into a stew
pan one-half cup of butter, three-quar.
tiers of pound OF loaf sugar, the yolks OF
six eggs whisked and strained, and whites
of four, the juice of two lemons and the
rind OF one grated. Keep the whole stirred
over gentle fire until it is as thick as good
cream pour into small Jars, and when cold
cover with paper before putting on the
lid. To be kept in cool, dry place.
Lemon Drop Cakes-Rub together six
spoonfuls of fresh butter and little more
than pound of flour; powder three-fourths
Of pound of loaf sugar and mix with an
ounce of grated lemon peel; when the in
gradients mentioned are stirred together
add four eggs well beaten, also two desert
spoonfuls of lemon juice. Beat the mix
ture, then drop from a spoon on warm
buttered tin, leaving space between the
cakes; bake twenty minutes.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
Testing Seed.

1t is always best to test your seed, no mat
ter whether you have saved it yourself or
not. Many farmers think that when they
save their own seed they are then safe be-
yond doubt, and do not give the matter
any further attention. butexperience shows
that this will not do>to depend on always.
for there are so many causes during the
course of a winter, any one OF which would
destroy the vitality of the seed, that the
farmer is not safe in planting any crop of
considerable size without first testing the
seed to zee whether it is perfectly good or
not.
This can be easily done by putting fair
sample of the seed in a box of dirt, and
placing the box back of the kitchen stove,
where il will be kept warm most of the
time. If the seed is good it will then
quickly sprout, If the dirt is kept warm
and moist. In this way the farmer is ena-
bled to act inteIligently, and can easily see
Just how good his seed is and whether it
is safe to plant large crops with it or not.
1t Is indeed very risky cuisines to plant
large fields with seed that has not been
tested. The work is trifllng and it is but a
small job to test il, yet il ottentimes re-
suits in saving big loss.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
A sonnet to Washington.
New York Herald

Mrs. Cleveland has great admiration
for the national monument in this city to
George Washington, and says its simplicity
especially commends il to her, as she pre-
fers simplicity always, whether in matter of
dress or public structures, and so takes
great delight in the constant view she mas
has from the southern windows OF the
White House of this the tallest stru ,ture
on the globe, and is very glad that its form
was not changed, as once proposed,
to a triumphal arch or any other style of
monument. She was therefore much
pleased when recently shown a sonnet
addressed by DR.. Aiken, an English
man, in 1871, to "His Excellency
George Washington, President of the
United States" published in the George
town Weekly Ledger in 1871, whose open
ing lies give so accurate a desert ption of
the monument erected to Washington
nearly century later as to prove It's form
to have been the most appropriate that
could have been chosen, for, as well-known,
its roof is a pyramid ffty-fve feet high,
whose apex is an aluminium point, which
is 800 feet above the level of the base
below. The sonnet reads:
Point Of that pyramid whose solid base
Rests firmly founded on nation trust
Which, while the gorgeous palace sinks in
dust,
Shall stand sublime and I'LL its ample space.
Elected chief of freemen: greater far
Than kings, whose glittering parts are fixed
by birth,
Named by thy eountrys voice for long-tried
worth.
Her crown in peace, as once her shield in war.
Deign, Washington, to hear British Tyre
That, ardent greets thee with applausiYe lays
And to the patriot hero homage pays.
On, would thee, Muse, immortal strains inspire,
That, high beyond all Greek and Roman fame,
Might soar to times unborn tiny purer, nobler
namei
Mrs. Cleveland, in common with others,
both gentlemen and ladies in this city,
who are well read in literature, had never
seen or heard of this sonnet, and thought
its prophetic description OF the most strik,
very wonderful, and that it should be re-
published for the benefit of modern
readers.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
FARM NOTES.

CharTed wood from the stove, or charcoal
in any shape, is excellent for hogs. 1t is
best to keep charcoal in the pens where the
hogs can always have free access to it. Rot
ten WOOD is also relished by hogs, and they
are very fond of burnt bread or other
charred substances.
An Eastern farmer says he does not know
of anything finer than good OK team, and
that wherever you see one you see good
crops.
Whenever il is noticed that the hogs eat
gravel, it is a sign that something they
nt ed is lacking. A few pieces of coal, or
charcoal, will PROBABLY be cure, while
the food at the same time should be varied.
Squash, cucumbers, egg plants, melons
and beans should not be planted until all
danger of frost is over and the ground
we'll warmed. Nothing is gained by at
tempting to force them in cool weather.
Divide your rhubarb plants at the roots
and make a new location for them. This
should be done very early in the spring or
in the fall. Put them on very rich ground
with the buds about one or two inches be-
low the surface.
In using seed potatoes select such as are
fresh and plump. The superstition that it
is best to use sprouted potatoes is an error,
as the sprouting of the seed potato before
it is planted causes lack OF nutrition to
the plants after the seed is planted. Every
sprout draws nourishment from the seed.
The fruit jellies of commerce are 6ttingly
called horticultural oleomargarine by Or
chard and Gardener, because they sre such
a compound of authorizations. For instance,
alleged "tuuant Jelly" is composed OF wa
ter glucose, tartaric acid gelatine. snaline
red and dried cores and skins of apples, the
refuse OF evaporating establishments, often
sour and decayed before drying.
The feeding of sour slop or fermented
grains may cause disease. Yet such food is
fed regularly, though there is always risk
in feeding any kind of food that is not
sound or in the best condition.
1t has been demonstrated that calves pay
better when kept until ten or twelve weeks
old than when sold as soon as born. They
will give return for all the milk they con-
sumo, as well as lessen the supply Of milk
marketed.
The milk from sick or diseased cows
should always be thrown away. Nothing
spreads contagion sooner than impure or
filthy milk; yet as rule, all the milk
is poured into cans together without regard
to the condition OF the COW.
The best turkeys for breeding purposes
are those two years old. If yearling stock
be used the earliest Matched males and
females should be selected. 1t will be OF
no advantage to have them begin to hatch
until the weather shall become warmer.
a Virginian who has had some difficulty
in keeping cabbeges over winter says that
by the following method of packing he has
been successful. We take the heads only,
and placing barrels IN the corner of an
unused stable, put in q good quantity Of
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
Tree Planting.
IMassachusetts Ploughman. ]


This is a work that should not be neg
lected. Every farmer shoald plant out a
few trees every year, both for fruit and or
namental purposes. Whatever trees are
transplanted should be done in thorough
manner; better not set more than half as
many, and do the work well, than to only
half do it. In the first place good trees
should be obtained. not only those that
are OF good form, but they should be fresh
from the soil. Trees that have been out OF
the ground several months are, with the
best of care, not worth half as much as
those that are taken from the soil and set
the same day. So farmers had better pay
a little more for trees grown near their
farms, if it be necessary; but as a rule,
these can be bought cheaper. because there
is no agents high commissions to pay, and
if we buy near home we shall not only get
better trees, but be more likely to get what
we buy, than if we buy of men who seem
to have no abiding-place and whom we
never saw before and probably shall never
see again. To set poor tree and wait ten
years for its fruit only to find il entirely
different from what we bought it for, is
not very pleasant. But the msjority of
people will buy trees of sponsible per-
sons and pay sometimes twice as much as
they could get them for grown near their
homes
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
MISS sNAvELY's EscAPADEs.
Further Facts Developed Bearing on the
Cause of Her Disappearance.

Further Facts Developed Bearing on the
Cause of Her Disappearance.
OMAHA, Neb., April IN. B. Fitzgerald,
City Marshal OF Sterling, ILL.,, and A. A.
Wolfberger, lawyer of the same place, who
arrived in this city yesterday in search of
the girl Lillian Snavely, divulged further
facts bearing on the cause OF her disappear
ance. Mr.. Wolfberger said that Lillian was
the daughter of wealthy parents in Ster-
ling, and was left S., 900 on the dea h Of her
father. She was sent to an art school in
chicago, where sne met NJ. n. Davidson,
who represented himself to be wealthy
cattle man from Texas. Davidson had
learned that the girl had good deal of
money, and entered into a scheme with two
associates L. c. Watson aud NJ. II. Ball, to
gain her confidence and defraud her of it,
Watson was introduced to Miss Snavely,
and in less than three days she consented TO
marry him. The girls folks heard of it, aud
TO prevent the match telegraphed her TO
come home at once, as her mother was very
Ill. She returned TO Sterling accompanied
by Watson. On learning she had b sea de-
ceived she was very indignant, aud was
shortly afterwsrd surreptitIously married
70 Watson and went with him to hicago.
he got all the money from her he could,
and when she refused to give him any more
left for the East. Davidson then we1t TO
Mrs Watson, told her Watson had a wife
in Chicago and another in New York City,
and induced her to come TO Omaha with
him. where he said they would be married.
Nothing has been heard of Davidson, Mrs.
Watson OF Bell, who went West from here
with them, in March. Mr.. Fitzgerald aud
Mr.. Wolfberger to day received disp itch
from the girls mother urging them to find
her at any cost.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
In Town and Hamlet

The seeds of intermittent and bilious remittent
fever terminate and bear evil fruit. No COM
munity has altogether escaped it. In populous
wards of large cities bad sewage causes it, and
in their suburbs stagnant pools in sunken lots
breeds it. There is at once remedy and a means
of prevention. Its name is Hostetters Stomach
Bitters, which is, without peradventure, the
most potent antidote in existence to the ma
larial virus Fortified with this Incompatible,
saving specific, missmatic influences may be
encountered with absolute impunity. Dis
orders OF the stomach. liver and bowels, begot-
ten by missma-tainted water, or any other
cause, succumb to the bene6cient corrective
named, and rheumatic, kidneys and bladder
troubles are surely removable by its use when il
IL given persistent trial,
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
washing Rntter.


lie is stated that ew method OF wash
ing butter has been patented in Germany.
AS soon as gathered in the churn in par
ticles of about tenth of al inch in size it
is transferred to a centrifugal machine,
whose drum is pierced with holes aud
lined with linen sack that is finally taken
out with the butter. As soon as the ma
chine is set in rapid motion the buttermilk
begins to escape: a spray of water thrown
into the revolving drum washes out all
foreign matter adhering to the butter. This
wash is kept up TILL the last drop OF
water is removed, as clothes are dried in
the centrifugal wringer. The dry butter Is
then taken out, nodded and packed. 1t is
claimed that the product thus so fully and
quickly freed from all impurities, without
any working or kneeding, has a flavor,
aroma and grain, and far better keeping
qualities than when prepared for market
in the ordinary way.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
Preserving Eggs .

AS the warm season advances and eggs
become cheaper, many will be interested
in the best modes of preserving them until
there is rise in prices. We might easily
recommend dozen methods, but which is
the best can not safely be answered. AL
though solutions OF lime, salt and alkaline
substances have been used, as we'll as GER
tain acids and antlseptics, yet no single
process has met the demand of the poultry
man as infallible. To properly preserve
eggs they must be strictly fresh, rule which
must be rigidly enforced, but which is i'm
possible il they .are handled by several
persons. This precaution is necessary be.
cause q single stale egg viii often spoil all.
Then, sgain, they should &c from hens not
in company with cocks, as infertile eggs
will keep three times as long as will those
suitable for Matching. All these precau-
tions are necessary IN the beginning; and
next they should be stored in cool place,
in boxes or on racks, and turned three
times week 50 as 70 change the positions
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
BE Liberal with the Poultry.

IPrairIe Farmer.I
a moderate sized flock of chickens on
any farm pays a great per cent. OF profit,
and gives very quick returns. Those men
who have hindered instead OF encouraged
this business should pursue q different
course. They need not take an interest in
the more fancy breeds, but all encourage
ment should be given to raising the bust
ness-purpose fowl. Good fowls. consistent
quarters and care are Just as important, IN
their way. as is any part of the farm bust
ness. Coops for young broods should be
provided in spring. just as surely as should
the corn be planted, or the pasture fence
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
Sweet Potatoes as Stock Feed,

By most Northern people the sweet po-
tato is eaten only sparingly, and, as it has
to be bought often at high pri te, it is re-
garded as a rather expensive luxury. But
it is very easily grown, and with equal
care and culture will outyield the common
potato, especially on poor ground. Its
rampant vines choke down weeds, making
little culture necessary. In some of the
Southern States the sweet potato is planted
for stock feed for pigs, which, when the
crop is ripe, are turned in and do their
own harvesting. The sweet they contain
is very fattening. but it does not make very
solid pork. The vines of potatoes are
greedily eaten by cows, and have none oil
the poisonous qualities of our common po
tato, which is of family containing many
poisonous plants.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
ENFORCING THE FISH LAWS.
CommisstOHer Reed Says the Statutes
Must be Strictly Enforced.

Must be Strictly Enforced
Mr. Enos B. Reed, Commissioner of
State Fisheries, has issued circular call
Ing attention to the fish laws, copy of
which accompanies the circular. He says
IL is especially the duty as well as the
financial interest Of any farmer and weller
rear lakes and streams TO aid in protecting
the fsh and enforcing the law.
Effective protection would, !" he SAYS,
I'm short time afford great numbers of
good fish IN proper season, beside surround
ing our many Beautiful lakes with the
cottages Of city people. thus increasing the
value OF real estate and making a market
for labor as well as vegetables, poultry and
provisions; work for boatmen, baitmen,
etc, for all of which cash is paid at a
time when crops are growing and money
usually scarce.
When / find a body of men like the
Cedar Beach Club of Turkey Lake, who
not only obey the laws. but go beyond the
laws, and by resolution agree not to take
fish with the hook and line during the
month of May, which is the principal
spawning season in that latitude, it is
dou0ly my duty to second their good reso-
luton and protect the fish Of this beau
tiful lake without fear or favor.
81 therefore ask for the cooperation of
al good citizens, and warn all persons who
have been netting, spearing, SEEMING, or in
any way violating the laws by taking fish
out Of season, or by unlawful means, that
il is my determination to give all such Of
tenders the full force of the law and break
up all outrageous and unlawful practices
when applied to the 6nny tribe
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
selling Butter Promptly.

No farm product Of equal value is more
unsatisfactory TO hold for rise than but
ter. Its price, when newly made, is nearly
deterioration in quality than any other
product, and, no matter how carefully pro-
tected, must suffer some in comparison
with that which is freshly made. The old
fashioned dairy butter made in June used
to be good for a twelve-month if packed
in sweet crooks and covered with salt brine
to exclude any odors. There is little such
butter now. That made by the creamery
process is frst-class while fresh, bat lacks
keeping qualities. AS nearly all enter
prising dsirymen have creameries, there is
less really good butter made from milk set
in the old-fashioned way than formerly.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-13
KILLED HIM IN sELF.DEFENsE.
Indian Agent f. G. Osborne Shoots One
of His Employes.

OF his Employess
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Indian Commits
sioner Atkins has received the following
letter from Indian Agent E. c. Osborne, at
the Ponca, Pawnee and Otoe Agency, In
dian Territory, under date of April = 1887:
with profound sense of regret, / have
to report that in discharging yesterday +.
NJ. Smith, q farmer at the Otoe Agency, for
general bad conduct upon the agency, but
chiefly because of his ungovernable tenn
per, which was continually being turned
loose upon both employees and Indians, l
had to kill him in self-defense. He had
repeatedly threatened to kill the clerk in
charge, Mr.. Young, who reported his con-
duct and asked that he be discharged. L
went to 0toe to explain to him my reasons
for discharging him, to hear his defense, il
he had any, to pay him his
salary for the past quarter and to dis
miss him while very quietly and calmly
performing the duty he made a violent at
tack upon the clerk in charge, whom he
wounded in the arm and, doubtless,
the ught he had killed, and then turned
upon Mr.. Justice, the agency blacksmith,
and myself with cooked and leveled re
volver, and with the manner OF a maniac,
when l shot him dead. am thoroughly
convinced that / saved three lives in tax
ing his, and when ii is considered that one
of those three was my own, and the only
one have, / trust i may be exonerated."
Mr.. Osborne is from Gsllatin, Tenn, and
has been in charge Of the agency since
August, 1885. Smith was one Of his own
appoiniees.